Emergency Crews Attempt To Save Dogs After Fire

SCRANTON — The people who live in the home on the 900 block on South 9th Avenue were not there when flames broke out on the first floor. Neighbors knew who was home though, two dogs that everyone on the block knew by name.

So, Scranton firefighters knew just who they were looking for when they went into the smoke-filled house.

Within minutes they removed the two dogs. They had already breathed in lots of smoke. Then, firefighters, EMT’s, and paramedics snapped into action going through the life-saving motions they would do for anybody.

“It was impressive, it was pretty impressive to see them take time out to save an animal. I didn’t know they would do that, it’s amazing,” said neighbor Cory Shea.

One of the dogs was still breathing slowly, the other was not. Firefighters did CPR for several minutes until EMT’s finally intubated the dog then took both on a stretcher for more treatment.

5 comments

Ghiaaa

Good on ya Scranton firefighters and EMTs! I’ve been looking for followup on the pup that survived the fire. I’m hoping he recovered. It would be great if there was some good news after this very sad story.